Projects tagged
Print & Design
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The Scheherazade Project
Read more: The Scheherazade ProjectThe Scheherazade Project is a Performing Arts Non-profit based in Washington DC. Co-founders Lisa Leibow and Julia Alvarez were inspired by Scheherazade in the Arab classic 1001 Nights and created The Scheherazade Project. For more information, our website is https://thescheherazadeproject.org/The-Scheherazade-Project…
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Tanzanian Cartoonist Has a Stick for Every Powerful Eye
Read more: Tanzanian Cartoonist Has a Stick for Every Powerful EyeGodfrey Mwampembwa, popularly known as Gado, has been holding politicians accountable for nearly 30 years. Now, his concern has shifted to the coronavirus. In a quiet office on the third floor of a building in Nairobi’s central business district, the…
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Art Inspection notices
Read more: Art Inspection noticesBogus building inspection notices with the forged signature of city Building Inspection Director Frank Chiu appeared on buildings in San Francisco’s South of Market area, prompting an investigation by exasperated city officials. Project LOFT, as posted in July 2000: “In…
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Coronavirus: Activists launch ‘digital protest’ to end US sanctions on Iran
Read more: Coronavirus: Activists launch ‘digital protest’ to end US sanctions on IranActivists have started an online campaign to pressure US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin to lift sanctions on Iran to help it contain the spread of coronavirus. Coronavirus: Are US sanctions hurting Iran’s response to the pandemic? The hashtag #EndCOVIDSanctions was…
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Activism Through Art by an Angry Feminist Whale
Read more: Activism Through Art by an Angry Feminist WhaleInspired by the ecological disaster unfolding across the planet and driven by empowering underrepresented people, Moule, a painter, illustrator, and graphic designer, creates art that makes a statement. Dressed in a magenta blazer and wearing bright pink lipstick, she is…
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Book Burning Party – Troy Library
Read more: Book Burning Party – Troy LibraryTroy, Michigan couldn’t afford to keep its library open, so it scheduled a vote for a tax increase. A strong anti-tax group waged a dominating campaign against it. Posing as a political group, an outside advertising agency posted signs around…
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Caged ‘Children’ Appear Throughout Des Moines Amid Iowa Caucus to Remind Voters of ‘The Terrors Enacted in Your Name’
Read more: Caged ‘Children’ Appear Throughout Des Moines Amid Iowa Caucus to Remind Voters of ‘The Terrors Enacted in Your Name’Caucus-goers in Des Moines will arrive to a disturbing sight on Monday, with dozens of chain-link cages appearing to hold migrant children cropping up across the city overnight. On Monday, the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services…
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What Are the Biggest Problems Women Face Today?
Read more: What Are the Biggest Problems Women Face Today?It’s been a historic year for women. There are more serving in Congress than ever before, and a record number are currently running for president in 2020. But even with these significant gains, women—both in the U.S. and around the…
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COUNTERSPACE
Read more: COUNTERSPACECounterspace is an independent curatorial platform functioning as the first decolonial thinktank mapping cultural activism worldwide. It shapes collectively decolonial toolkits with common tools and resources, and a global directory browsable by continent, praxis, and social construct, as a Beuys-inspired…
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Problem Air Drop
Read more: Problem Air DropIn 2013, Ghana ThinkTank received a Creative Capital Award for Emerging Fields, enabling them to begin the multi-year ThinkTank at the Border project. In this project, they are collecting problems from civilian border patrols like the Minutemen, “Patriot” groups, and…